''Paradiaptomus'' is a genus of
crustacean
Crustaceans (Crustacea, ) form a large, diverse arthropod taxon which includes such animals as decapods, seed shrimp, branchiopods, fish lice, krill, remipedes, isopods, barnacles, copepods, amphipods and mantis shrimp. The crustacean group ...
in the family
Diaptomidae
Diaptomidae is a family of freshwater pelagic copepods. It includes around 50 genera:
*''Acanthodiaptomus'' Kiefer, 1932
*''Aglaodiaptomus'' Light, 1938
*''Allodiaptomus'' Kiefer, 1936
*''Arctodiaptomus'' Kiefer, 1932
*''Argyrodiaptomus'' Brehm, ...
. It includes the following species:
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Paradiaptomus africanus''
(Daday, 1910)
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Paradiaptomus alluaudi''
(Guerne & Richard, 1890)
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Paradiaptomus barnardi''
(G. O. Sars, 1927)
*''
Paradiaptomus biramata''
Lowndes, 1930
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Paradiaptomus desertorum''
Manuilova, 1951
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Paradiaptomus excellens
''Paradiaptomus excellens'' is a species of copepod in the family Diaptomidae. It is endemic to South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by ...
''
(Kiefer, 1929)
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Paradiaptomus falcifer''
(Lovén, 1846)
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Paradiaptomus furcata''
(Brehm, 1958)
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Paradiaptomus greeni''
(Gurney, 1906)
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Paradiaptomus hameri''
Rayner, 1999
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Paradiaptomus lamellatus''
G. O. Sars, 1895
*''
Paradiaptomus meus''
(Gurney, 1905)
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Paradiaptomus natalensis''
(Cooper, 1906)
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Paradiaptomus peninsularis''
Rayner, 1999
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Paradiaptomus rex''
Gauthier, 1951
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Paradiaptomus schultzei''
Douwe, 1912
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Paradiaptomus similis''
Douwe, 1912
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Paradiaptomus simplex
''Paradiaptomus simplex'' is a species of copepod in the family Diaptomidae. It is endemic to South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by ...
''
(Kiefer, 1929)
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Paradiaptomus warreni''
Rayner, 1999
References
Diaptomidae
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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